EKG reading....

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Permalink Reply by Tracey Baker on December 19, 2008 at 5:53pm

Google: ECG

Dale Dubin has a good site...www.emergencyekg.com

There are many websites to chose from and many formats to fit different needs.

Best book, my opinion: Walraven's, Basic Arrhythmias........Great strips and multitude of focus;well worth the buy!!!! Though you wanted websites this is a great book to have and reference........Tracey

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Permalink Reply by Brian Boeseneilers on December 19, 2008 at 9:50pm

Thank You

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Permalink Reply by Chance Gearheart on December 20, 2008 at 1:41am

Try ChexWeb. Our hospital uses it. It's geared towards pediatrics, though, so beware. There will be a large mention of V4Rs and stuff.

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Permalink Reply by Russell Stine on December 20, 2008 at 1:16pm

You can use V4R and V5 and V6 posterior in adults as well. Had a few AMI's pop up in right sided and posterior leads, you can even reverse the whole 12 lead set up and take a complete R sided veiw.

http://www.ecglibrary.com/ecghome.html is a good site, I use it frequently as a reference

Chance Gearheart said:

Try ChexWeb. Our hospital uses it. It's geared towards pediatrics, though, so beware. There will be a large mention of V4Rs and stuff.

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Permalink Reply by Manley on December 20, 2008 at 3:29pm

I'm one of like 2 EMTs in my agency that can read EKGs... online classes are relatively limited Ive noticed... you may have some luck looking at some community colleges around your area, but that might be more of a hassel. If you're not looking for formal learning and just in it to learn, I know some amazing books.
ECG Made Easy by Barbara Aehlert (Mosby Jems [of course])
The 12-Lead ECG in Acute Coronary Syndromes by Tim Phalen (Mosby Jems) this guy rock - heard him lecture 12 lead to BLS (it was awesome)

And they both come with little pocket guides for fast reference
Website for you too that are pretty cool:
http://www.ambulancetechnicianstudy.co.uk/rhythms.html

Let me know how those treat you.

And remember - ST elevation in two or more anatomically contiguous leads...... :)

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Permalink Reply by Jose L. Gonzalez on December 20, 2008 at 4:23pm

have you seen these already: http://students.med.nyu.edu/erclub/ekghome.html , http://www.mediccast.com/blog/2008/08/23/ekg-reading-sites-and-links/ ,

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Permalink Reply by Ken Roberts on December 27, 2008 at 11:50am

As far as an online aid to reading EKG's I would recommend visiting the Bob Page site www.multileadmedics.com . If you get the chance to attend his class even better. The basic course is eight hours and can be found at just about any large conference such as the annual JEMS conference in Baltimore. I walked into the class knowing everything and walked out after eight hours of laughing and learing to realize I knew nothing and was actually taking a huge chance at killing my pt's. It was by far the most informative and fun class I have taken to date. He also has a book you can buy from the site which has hundreds of practice 12 leads for you to work on with explinations in the back of it. On the site are most of the slides that are used during his class but being there in the room is well worth the money! He has also mentioned that he would be willing to come to any service for a fee and teach the class if available. I would seriously look into this as it keeps averyone involved and he even shows how he was able to teach his child how to read 12 leads relatively quickly! That was impressive to me seeing as how I have since run into many ED Physicians that haven't a clue on how to properly read a 12 lead.

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Permalink Reply by Cory T. Spankowski, NREMT-P, LP on December 27, 2008 at 4:52pm

Hi Brian,

I have written a 3 lead EKG rhythm interpretation course and a 12 Lead EKG interpretation course. I would be very happy to help you in your EKG learning. Let me know how I can help.

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Permalink Reply by Cory T. Spankowski, NREMT-P, LP on December 27, 2008 at 4:55pm

These 2 books are very good. I use them in the cardiac courses I teach. Barba Aehlert is very good at what she does...very "pro-EMS".

Manley said:

I'm one of like 2 EMTs in my agency that can read EKGs... online classes are relatively limited Ive noticed... you may have some luck looking at some community colleges around your area, but that might be more of a hassel. If you're not looking for formal learning and just in it to learn, I know some amazing books.
ECG Made Easy by Barbara Aehlert (Mosby Jems [of course])
The 12-Lead ECG in Acute Coronary Syndromes by Tim Phalen (Mosby Jems) this guy rock - heard him lecture 12 lead to BLS (it was awesome)

And they both come with little pocket guides for fast reference
Website for you too that are pretty cool:
http://www.ambulancetechnicianstudy.co.uk/rhythms.html

Let me know how those treat you.

And remember - ST elevation in two or more anatomically contiguous leads...... :)

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Permalink Reply by carl greeno on February 8, 2009 at 1:58pm

Try this one out....

http://www.emspic.org/documents/PDF/Online12LeadECGInterpretationCo...

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Permalink Reply by Michelle on February 8, 2009 at 2:49pm

I work as a Telemetry Tech in the ICU and that is all I do all day long. I don't know if any of the hospitals nearby have Telemetry Techs in their ICU but you might check there or even check in a Cardiologists office if you are friendly with some cardiologists. They would have the strips and books to go along with what you need to learn.
When I started, my boss gave us handouts of strips of all the different rhythms and when I would see the actual rhythm on the monitor, I would google it on the computer to learn more about it and what the causes were, and so forth.
Good luck!

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Permalink Reply by Duncan Hitchcock on February 8, 2009 at 3:09pm

I've always been a Dubin and Walraven fan. Very straight forward.

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